QA Manager

Who is the client?

Our client is an independent AAA video game company that aims to change the way games are made and inspire a better industry for all. Their mission to unite, guide, and empower talented teams to redefine what it means to create exceptional games within a healthy, rewarding culture. Partnering with one of the largest publishers on the planet they are ready to make a massive splash in the gaming industry with their first release.

What are the job’s responsibilities?

• Manage and oversee your teams’ operational budget planning, justifying necessary headcount and backfill requisitions, travel expenses, IT hardware.

• Drive effective process usage within the QA team, ensure processes and workflows are well implemented, understood and followed by team members.

• Deliver operational efficiencies through the effective use of partners.

• Gather operational data to create strategic plans to drive team performance improvements in areas such as efficiency, cost, quality, etc.

• Auditing Test Plans and making changes when necessary.

• Ensure data and information is provided timely and accurately to QA leadership.

• Formulate risk strategies; identify risks and all dependencies, including identifying critical paths and interactions.

• Assess and control risk on multiple projects in conjunction with the overall departmental project plan escalate conflicts and other risks to upper management and/or stakeholders when necessary.

• Analyze, quantify and plan the departmental resources needed for the successful execution of the projects in your location.

• Participate in PM studio-wide process adoption as required.

• Provide an accurate forecast of the controllable R&D expenses (staffing, CAPEX, contracted services, etc.).

• Regularly measure the effectiveness of necessary change and formulate action plans to course correct or increase effectiveness.

What are the minimum requirements?

• A high standard of verbal and written English.

• Superb levels of focus and attention to detail.

• A team player but also with the ability to work alone.

• Experience managing a QA team in a AAA QA environment.

• Experience in building staffing plans and managing departmental budgets.

• Minimum 7 years’ experience working on AAA PC and Console games as a Quality Assurance Manager.

What are some brownie points?

• Experience in testing Unreal environments is an asset.